Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:
The post will play a vital role in the provision of quality filtered and evaluated research evidence directly to health professionals to support decision making and will support evidence-based practice, teaching, learning, continuing professional development and research.
This is a shared role with the Deputy and Clinical Librarian and negotiation is expected in the role of clinical librarian services.
The post holder will be jointly responsible for the development of a Clinical Librarian Service and the delivery of expert searches, targeted current awareness and critical appraisal services. Similar services will be developed for senior managerial, procurement and commissioning staff. The post holder will work closely with other Clinical Librarian.
The post holder will utilise highly developed appraisal skills to select and evaluate relevant information for users
The post holder will work closely with the aims and objectives of the Research Faculty.
The role will involve the development of training programmes in evidence-based information seeking and the delivery of these programmes.
The role will also involve the procurement of books and e-books for the whole service ensuring relevant and up to date stock
The post holder will oversee and manage the site and staff at Kidderminster Health Library, currently consisting of two paraprofessional staff.
Key Duties:
Clinical Librarian services
Responsible for the development and management of a clinical librarian service including the delivery of expert searches, targeted current awareness and critical appraisal services for clinical, senior managerial and commissioning staff. This involves:
Working as a member of selected multi-disciplinary trust-wide clinical teams to provide highly specific, patient centred and evaluated information at the time and place of need;
Working with Research Faculty.
Using critical appraisal skills to select and evaluate relevant information, and expert knowledge of searching online databases to perform mediated literature searches;
Examining how the information provided is disseminated within departments and auditing how the clinical team acts upon the information.
Develop proactive anticipatory alerting and professional updating services such as production of electronic current awareness bulletins and supply of contents tables to maintain users awareness of current developments in their field.
Effectively market and promote services to users, undertaking research into service development as required, monitoring the effectiveness of initiatives using both qualitative and qualitative measuring techniques, e.g. audits, surveys, focus group meetings, and producing reports.
Establish and maintain internet and intranet pages to publicise and provide access to training services provided.
In conjunction with colleagues, investigate the possibilities of using new technology in enhancing access to the knowledge base.
Develop other specialist services with business partners e.g. Procurement, commissioning groups and operational procedures.
Conduct surveys to determine user needs according to policies and procedures.
Demonstrate the impact of the clinical librarian service in order to secure ongoing funding for the role. This will involve identifying a varied and effective selection of performance indicators, in consultation with clinical staff, and collecting the relevant data.
Provide quarterly statistics and progress reports on the clinical librarian service to the Library Services & Knowledge Manager and relevant stakeholders.
Ensure that the Worcestershire Health Libraries intranet pages are maintained and developed over all participating Trust intranets.
Provision of User Training and other Evidence-based Services
Provide evidence-based literature searches accompanied by :
A summary of the results listing the databases searched and highlighting the evidence found
Full text articles when appropriate.
Develop, promote and deliver user training programmes in evidence based information seeking, literature searching and critical appraisal;
Develop, promote and deliver induction programmes to all staff and students, to complement Trust induction programmes.
Assist in organising print and electronic knowledge resources using nationally recognised professional cataloguing and indexing techniques to ensure effective information retrieval. This includes developing taxonomies for electronic document management.
Assist with the NCRS Registration Authority for Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. In the registration and issuing of smartcards.
Staff Management
Manage the workload of the paraprofessional staff, delegating and overseeing tasks according to agreed measures.
Contribute to the Departments training and development programme.
Ensure all Knowledge Management staff are appropriately trained in literature searching, current awareness, critical appraisal and any proposed service developments.
The post holder will oversee and manage the site and staff at Kidderminster Health Library.
Site and Resource Management
Manage the working environment at Kidderminster Health Library by
Ensuring library is staffed during core hours and maintaining rota
Ensuring library is clean and meets social distancing measures
Maintain Library stock and resources
Ensure all health and safety standards are maintained
Maintain site to health and safety and other relevant legislation specific to libraries.
The postholder is responsible for the stock selection and purchase of books and e-books across all three sites. This includes
Liaising with clinical staff and teams on stock selection
Maintaining current stock and purchasing new stock
Using the requisition software and keeping within budget
Cataloguing and delegation of appropriate tasks
Distribution of collections across three sites evenly and fairly
Promotion of books and collections
Personal development
Responsible for maintaining own professional competence through CPD activities and maintaining a portfolio which reflects personal development.
Participates in the staff personal development scheme as an appraiser and an appraisee, and is responsible for complying with an agreed personal development plan.
Attends conferences, workshops and seminars run by professional organisations such as CILIP and Health Library Groups regionally and nationally to share best practice and maintain awareness of current developments and changing technologies in health and social care librarianship and knowledge management and the information and communications industry locally, nationally and internationally. Cascades learning to the Worcestershire Knowledge Management Team.
Keeps up to date with developments within the NHS and social care services locally and nationally by attending meetings, reading NHS publications and joining e-conferences.
Mandatory training for Registration Authority Agents is required and attendance at relevant update training will be encouraged where appropriate.
Maintain own well-being and teams with support available.
This is not a definitive list of tasks and other responsibilities might be expected and requested appropriate to the grade.
Vision and Values:
Library & Knowledge Services Strategy 2019-2024:
Our vision is to provide evidence-based information at the point of need to improve patient care to the highest quality, we aspire to be business critical, we are an essential part to the delivery of patient care and aim to be realised
The Trust aims to provide local services for local people. It has developed its vision to reflect this commitment.
To continue to be the major provider of acute/specialist services for the people of Worcestershire (and wider) with a strong reputation for providing outstanding, high quality, reliable, accessible and integrated healthcare for local people
Driving this commitment are the Trust-wide signature behaviours:
Do what we say we will do
No Delays, every day
We listen, we learn, we lead
Work together, celebrate together
